Guide to the Seattle Episcopal Area Records
Prepared by Myong Shin Jeon, Student Assistant and Mark C. Shenise, Associate
Archivist
United Methodist Archives and History Center
General
Commission on Archives and History, Madison, New Jersey
11/15/2006
Overview of Records
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Record Creator: |
United Methodist Church (U.S.). Seattle
Episcopal Area |
Title: |
Seattle Episcopal Area Records |
Dates: |
1959-2004 |
Abstract: |
The records of the Seattle Episcopal Area
reflect the administrative duties of the bishop in charge. he main focus of the collection is on
administering United Methodism in the Seattle area. Two general agencies are well represented,
namely, the General Board of Church and Society and the General Board of Higher Education and
Ministry. |
Extent: |
14.85 cu. feet |
Resource ID:
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gcah.rg.4777 |
History Note
The records of the Seattle
Episcopal Area reflect the administrative duties of the bishop in charge. Bishops are elected
by the Jurisdictional Conference. Episcopal assignments are determined by the Jurisdictional
Committee on Episcopacy in consultation with the College of Bishops. Each bishop assumes his or
her post on the first day of September following the Jurisdictional meeting. A bishop, however,
cannot serve in an area where his or her latest membership was held.
Bishops are set apart
as a separate ministry to oversee and supervise the districts and charges within their appointed
geographic area. The denomination authorizes these ministers to guard the faith, order, liturgy,
doctrine and discipline of the general church. District superintendents are appointed by the
bishop to help administer the denominational directives in specific geographic areas. Bishops
ordain, consecrate, commission and appoint the clergy to specific churches and ministries under
their immediate charge. Bishops are also expected to serve the larger church through the general
agencies, boards and commissions. They are in many ways the faces of the denomination when
General Conference is no longer in session.
Scope Note
The collection reflects the
many facets of episcopal work on local, national and international levels. The main focus of the
collection is on administering United Methodism in the Seattle area. District records and
general correspondence files give a clear picture of church everyday life. Along with the general
correspondence, there are correspondence files directed only to bishops. The Pacific Northwest
was a stronghold for the former Evangelical United Brethren Church and there are important EUB
historical episcopal records included within the collection. Two general agencies are well
represented, namely, the General Board of Church and Society and the General Board of Higher
Education and Ministry. Social issues such as gambling and homosexuality, with its subsequent
manifestation of Holy Unions, are well represented. Each topic gives a comprehensive viewpoint of
the issues involved. Many of these records are currently under the twenty-five-year restriction.
In the W. Maynard Sparks series there is a section of bishop names which is really correspondence
by Bishops Charles Golden and Jack Tuell. Sparks served in California which suggests he brought
these files with him when appointed to the Portland and Seattle areas.
Arrangement
Materials have been arranged in the following manner.
Series: Everett W. Palmer
Series: W. Maynard Sparks
Series: Wilbur Choy
Series: Melvin Talbert
Series: Calvin McConnell
Series: Elias Galvan
Preferred Citation
When citing material
from this collection please use the following format: Direct reference to the item or its file
folder, Seattle Episcopal Area Records, United Methodist Church Archives - GCAH, Madison, New
Jersey. Do not make use of the items' call number as that is not a stable
descriptor.
Access Restrictions
Denominational
agency journals, reports and committee minutes are open to the public unless they have been
closed in accordance with requirements specified in the Discipline. Denominational agency staff
office records are closed for twenty-five (25) years after creation. Personnel records are
closed for at least 75 years. Appeals can be made to the General Commission on Archives and
History, P. O. Box 127, Madison, NJ 07940.
Restrictions on Use
Detailed use
restrictions relating to our collections can be requested from the office of the archivist at the
General Commission on Archives and History. Photocopying is handled by the staff and may be
limited in certain instances. Before using any material for publication from this collection a
formal request for permission to publish is expected and required.
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Subject Terms |
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Additonal Creators - Personal |
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Barrett, Velma Jeannie |
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Charlton, Ellie. |
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Choy, Wilbur W. Y. |
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Galvan, Elias Gabriel |
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Golden, Charles Franklin |
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McConnell, Calvin |
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Sparks, W. Maynard |
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Talbert, Melvin George |
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Tuell, Jack M. |
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:Palmer,
Everett W. |
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Subject Topics |
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Anniversaries |
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Church and labor |
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Church and social problems |
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Church and state |
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Church anniversaries |
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Church colleges |
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Church management |
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Church property |
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Church work with gays |
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Churches, Methodist |
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Clergy |
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Clergy-Salaries, etc. |
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Deacons |
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Draft resisters |
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Education, Higher |
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Episcopacy |
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Gambling, Religious aspects |
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Health facilities |
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Homosexuality |
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International Relations |
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Lesbians |
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Marriage |
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Peace |
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Politics |
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Reconciliation |
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Social justice |
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Theology, Doctrinal |
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War. |
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Agriculture - Economic
aspects |
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Subject Geographic |
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Seattle (Wash.). |
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Washington State
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Genre |
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Church bulletins. |
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Episcopal Addresses |
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Minutes |
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News releases |
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Newsletters |
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Obituaries |
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Pamphlets |
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Periodicals |
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Petitions |
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Reports |
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Correspondence |
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Occupations |
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Episcopacy. |
Series: Everett W. Palmer
Call Number |
Folder Title |
Date(s) |
2322-7-6:
1 |
Bishop Glenn Randall Phillips Biographical |
1964 |
2322-7-6:
2 |
Cabinet Retreat - Pacific Northwest Annual Conference |
1966 |
2322-7-6:
4 |
Columbia River District |
1962 - 1963 |
2322-7-6:
5 |
Columbia River District |
1963 - 1964 |
2322-7-6:
6 |
Columbia River District |
1965 - 1966 |
2322-7-6:
8 |
Columbia River District |
1967 - 1968 |
2322-7-6:
9 |
Correspondence |
1965 - 1968 |
2322-7-6:
10 |
Gambling in Seattle |
1962 |
2322-7-6:
11 |
Senate Bill 360 - Gambling Tolerance Bill |
1963 |
2322-7-6:
12 |
Referendum 34 - Legalization of Commercialized Gambling |
1964 |
2322-7-6:
13 |
Referendum 34 - Legalization of Commercialized Gambling |
1964 |
2322-7-6:
14 |
Historical - Seattle Area - Data re. Bishop Palmer |
1967 |
2322-7-6:
15 |
Magnolia Situation |
1964 |
2322-7-6:
16 |
Miscellaneous |
1968 - 1970 |
2322-7-7:
1 |
Palmer, Everett Walter - Bishop |
1971 - 1973 |
2322-7-7:
2 |
Photographs |
1962 - 1968 |
2322-7-7:
3 |
Puget Sound District |
1961 - 1962 |
2322-7-7:
5 |
Puget Sound District |
1965 - 1966 |
2322-7-7:
6 |
Puget Sound District |
1966 - 1967 |
2322-7-7:
8 |
Seattle District |
1961 - 1962 |
2322-7-7:
9 |
Seattle District |
1962 - 1963 |
2322-7-7:
10 |
Seattle District |
1965 - 1966 |
2322-7-7:
11 |
Seattle District |
1966 - 1967 |
2322-7-7:
12 |
Seattle District |
1967 - 1968 |
2322-7-7:
14 |
Spokane Disrict |
1962 - 1963 |
2322-7-7:
17 |
Research Data - Hays Park, Hillyard, Metzger (Spokane) Merger |
1966 |
2322-7-7:
18 |
Spokane District |
1967 - 1968 |
2322-7-7:
19 |
Tacoma District |
1961 - 1962 |
2322-7-8:
1 |
Tacoma District |
1966 - 1967 |
2322-7-8:
4 |
Vancouver District |
1962 - 1963 |
2322-7-8:
8 |
Walla Walla District |
1961 - 1962 |
2322-7-8:
12 |
Walla Walla District |
1967 - 1968 |
Series: W. Maynard Sparks
Call Number |
Folder Title |
Date(s) |
2322-7-8:
13 |
A |
1970 - 1971 |
2322-7-8:
14 |
A |
1968 - 1969 |
2323-2-1:
1 |
Ba - Bl |
1970 - 1971 |
2323-2-1:
2 |
BA - BH |
1968 - 1969 |
2323-2-1:
3 |
Bm - BZ |
1970 - 1971 |
2323-2-1:
4 |
BI - Bz |
1968 - 1969 |
2323-2-1:
5 |
C |
1970 - 1971 |
2323-2-1:
6 |
C |
1968 - 1969 |
2323-2-1:
7 |
D |
1970 - 1971 |
2323-2-1:
8 |
D |
1968 - 1969 |
2323-2-2:
1 |
E |
1970 - 1971 |
2323-2-2:
2 |
E |
1968 - 1969 |
2323-2-2:
3 |
F |
1970 - 1971 |
2323-2-2:
4 |
F |
1968 - 1969 |
2323-2-2:
5 |
G |
1970 - 1971 |
2323-2-2:
6 |
G |
1968 - 1969 |
2323-2-2:
8 |
Ha - Hh |
1970 - 1971 |
2323-2-3:
1 |
Hh - Hz |
1970 - 1971 |
2323-2-3:
2 |
H - Ha |
1968 - 1969 |
2323-2-3:
3 |
He - Hu |
1968 - 1969 |
2323-2-3:
5 |
I |
1970 - 1971 |
2323-2-3:
6 |
I |
1968 - 1969 |
2323-2-3:
7 |
J |
1970 - 1971 |
2323-2-3:
8 |
J |
1968 - 1969 |
2323-2-3:
9 |
K |
1970 - 1971 |
2323-2-3:
10 |
K |
1968 - 1969 |
2323-2-4:
1 |
La - Lc |
1970 - 1971 |
2323-2-4:
2 |
Le - Lz |
1970 - 1971 |
2323-2-4:
3 |
L |
1968 - 1969 |
2323-2-4:
4 |
Mc |
1970 - 1971 |
2323-2-4:
5 |
Mc |
1968 - 1969 |
2323-2-4:
6 |
Ma - Mu |
1970 - 1971 |
2323-2-4:
7 |
Mn - Z |
1970 - 1971 |
2323-2-4:
8 |
Ma - Mn |
1968 - 1969 |
2323-2-4:
9 |
Mo - Mz |
1968 - 1969 |
2323-2-5:
1 |
N |
1970 - 1971 |
2323-2-5:
2 |
N |
1968 - 1969 |
2323-2-5:
3 |
O |
1970 - 1971 |
2323-2-5:
4 |
O |
1968 - 1969 |
2323-2-5:
5 |
Pa - g |
1970 - 1971 |
2323-2-5:
6 |
Ph - Z |
1970 - 1971 |
2323-2-5:
7 |
P |
1968 - 1969 |
2323-2-5:
8 |
Q |
1970 - 1971 |
2323-2-5:
9 |
Q |
1968 - 1969 |
2323-2-5:
10 |
R |
1968 - 1969 |
2323-2-5:
11 |
Ra - h |
1970 - 1971 |
2323-2-6:
1 |
Ri - z |
1970 - 1971 |
2323-2-6:
2 |
Sa - m |
1970 - 1971 |
2323-2-6:
3 |
Sn - z |
1970 - 1971 |
2323-2-6:
4 |
Sa - Sm |
1968 - 1969 |
2323-2-6:
5 |
Sn - Sz |
1968 - 1969 |
2323-2-6:
6 |
T |
1970 - 1971 |
2323-2-6:
7 |
T |
1968 - 1969 |
2323-2-7:
1 |
U |
1970 - 1971 |
2323-2-7:
2 |
U |
1968 - 1969 |
2323-2-7:
3 |
V |
1970 - 1971 |
2323-2-7:
4 |
V |
1968 - 1969 |
2323-2-7:
5 |
Wa - Wg |
1970 - 1971 |
2323-2-7:
6 |
Wa - We |
1968 - 1969 |
2323-2-7:
7 |
Wh - z |
1970 - 1971 |
2323-2-7:
8 |
Wh - Wz |
1968 - 1969 |
2323-2-7:
9 |
X - Y - Z |
1970 - 1971 |
2323-2-7:
10 |
X - Y - Z |
1968 - 1969 |
2323-2-7:
11 |
Bishop: Amstutz, Hobart B. |
1975 - 1980 |
2323-2-7:
12 |
Bishop: Brashares, Charles W. |
1977 |
2323-2-7:
13 |
Bishop: Copeland, Kenneth W. |
1962 - 1973 |
2323-2-8:
1 |
Bishop: Ensley, Francis Gerald |
1963 - 1973 |
2323-2-8:
2 |
Bishop: Franklin, Marvin A. |
1961 - 1964 |
2323-2-8:
4 |
Bishop: Garber, Paul N. |
1961 - 1970 |
2323-2-8:
5 |
Bishop: Golden Charles F. |
1972 |
2323-2-8:
6 |
Bishop: Gum, Walter C. |
1965 - 1969 |
2323-2-8:
7 |
Bishop: Hagen, Odd |
1965 - 1970 |
2323-2-8:
9 |
Bishop: R. D. Joshi |
1971 - 1976 |
2323-2-8:
10 |
Bishop: Kennedy, Gerald H. |
1969 - 1980 |
2323-2-8:
11 |
Bishop: King, Willis J. |
1962 - 1976 |
2323-2-8:
12 |
King Loan Fund |
1962 - 1968 |
2323-2-8:
13 |
Bishop: Lord, John Wesley |
1962 - 1981 |
2323-2-8:
14 |
Bishop: Love, Edgar A. |
1963 - 1975 |
2323-2-8:
15 |
Bishop: Martin, Paul E. |
1966 |
2323-2-8:
16 |
Bishop: Nagbe, Stephen T. |
1966 |
2323-2-8:
19 |
Bishop: Palmer, Everett W. |
1964 - 1971 |
2324-2-1:
1 |
Bishop: Phillips, Glenn R. |
1969 - 1970 |
2324-2-1:
2 |
Bishop: Pryor, Thomas M. |
1964 - 1978 |
2324-2-1:
3 |
Bishop: Raines, Richard C. |
1961 - 1972 |
2324-2-1:
4 |
Bishop: Rockey, Clement D. |
1972 - 1975 |
2324-2-1:
5 |
Bishop: A. J. Shaw |
1971 - 1972 |
2324-2-1:
6 |
Bishop: J. Owen Smith |
1968 - 1970 |
2324-2-1:
7 |
Bishop: Stowe, W. McFerrin |
1969 - 1981 |
2324-2-1:
10 |
Bishop: Voigt, Edwin E. |
1963 - 1964 |
2324-2-1:
13 |
Bishop: Werner, Hazen G. |
1962 - 1978 |
2324-2-1:
14 |
Columbia River District Correspondence - Troy M. Strong |
1968 - 1969 |
2324-2-1:
15 |
Engagements Completed - January 1 - June 30, 1972 |
1972 - 1973 |
2324-2-1:
16 |
Engagements Completed - July 1 - December 31, 1971 |
1971 - 1972 |
2324-2-2:
1 |
Engagements Completed - January 1 - June 30, 1971 |
1970 - 1971 |
2324-2-2:
2 |
Engagements Completed - January 1 - June 30, 1971 |
1970 - 1971 |
2324-2-2:
3 |
Engagements Completed - July 1 - December 31, 1970 |
1970 - 1971 |
2324-2-2:
4 |
Engagements Completed - July 1 - December 31, 1970 |
1970 - 1971 |
2324-2-2:
5 |
Engagements Completed - January 1 - June 30, 1970 |
1969 - 1970 |
2324-2-2:
6 |
Engagements Completed - January 1 - June 30, 1970 |
1969 - 1970 |
2324-2-2:
7 |
Engagements Completed - January 1 - June 30, 1970 |
1969 - 1970 |
2324-2-2:
8 |
Engagements Completed - June 1 - December 31, 1969 |
1969 - 1970 |
2324-2-2:
9 |
Engagements Completed - June 1 - December 31, 1969 |
1969 - 1970 |
2324-2-2:
10 |
Engagements Completed - June 1 - December 31, 1969 |
1969 - 1970 |
2324-2-3:
1 |
Evangelical United Brethren Church - Board of Bishops Minutes |
1966 - 1968 |
2324-2-3:
2 |
Evangelical United Brethren Church - Board of Bishops Minutes |
1966 - 1965 |
2324-2-3:
3 |
Evangelical United Brethren Church - Board of Bishops Minutes |
1965 - 1963 |
2324-2-3:
4 |
Evangelical United Brethren Church - Board of Bishops Minutes |
1962 - 1963 |
2324-2-3:
5 |
Evangelical United Brethren Church - Board of Bishops Minutes |
1960 - 1962 |
2324-2-4:
1 |
Evangelical United Brethren Church - Board of Bishops Minutes |
1958 - 1960 |
2324-2-4:
2 |
Evangelical United Brethren Church - The Christian Way |
1950 |
2324-2-4:
3 |
Evangelical United Brethren Church - General Conference |
1966 |
2324-2-4:
4 |
Evangelical United Brethren Church - General Council of Administration |
1965 |
2324-2-4:
5 |
Evangelical United Brethren Church - General Council of Administration |
1966 |
2324-2-4:
6 |
Evangelical United Brethren Church - General Council of Administration |
1967 - 1968 |
2324-2-5:
1 |
Evangelical United Brethren Church - Miscellaneous |
1963 - 1966 |
2324-2-5:
2 |
Evangelical United Brethren Church - Philomath College |
1959 - 1967 |
2324-2-5:
3 |
Gambling Legislation - Senate Joint Resolution #5 Campagin |
1972 |
2324-2-5:
4 |
Gambling Legislation - Senate Joint Resolution #5 Campagin |
1972 |
2324-2-5:
5 |
German Correspondence |
1965 - 1966 |
2324-2-5:
6 |
Northwest Canada Conference - Evangelical Church |
1970 |
2324-2-5:
7 |
Northwest Canada Conference - Re. The Commission on Structure of Methodism Overseas and Autonomy |
1968 - 1970 |
2324-2-5:
8 |
Northwest Canada Conference - Special Session - January |
1970 |
2324-2-5:
9 |
Northwest Canada Conference - Personnel and Appointment Matters |
1970 |
2324-2-6:
1 |
Northwest Cannada Conference - Blue Book |
1971 |
2324-2-6:
2 |
Northwest Cannada Conference |
1972 |
2324-2-6:
3 |
Pacific Northwest - General - Folder 1 |
1968 - 1970 |
2324-2-6:
4 |
Pacific Northwest - General - Folder 2 |
1968 - 1970 |
2324-2-6:
5 |
Pacific Northwest All District Superintendents Treasurer (E) |
1968 - 1969 |
2324-2-6:
6 |
Pacific Northwest All District Superintendents (E+m) |
1968 - 1969 |
2324-2-6:
7 |
Pacific Northwest (E) - Annual Conference |
1969 |
2324-2-6:
8 |
Pacific Northwest (E) - Annual Conference - Agenda |
1969 |
2324-2-6:
9 |
Pacific Northwest (E) - Annual Conference |
1970 |
2324-2-6:
10 |
Pacific Northwest (E) - Boards and Commissions |
1968 - 1969 |
2324-2-6:
11 |
Pacific Northwest - Correspondence |
1966 - 1969 |
2324-2-7:
1 |
Pacific Northwest - Correspondence |
1960 - 1965 |
2324-2-7:
4 |
Pacific Northwest - News Sheets |
1961 - 1967 |
2324-2-7:
5 |
Pacific Northwest (E) - Quadrennial Emphasis and Fund for Reconciliation |
1968 - 1969 |
2324-2-7:
6 |
Photographs |
1968 - 1972 |
2324-2-7:
7 |
Sparks, Maynard - Miscellaneous |
1970 - 1972 |
2324-2-7:
8 |
Puget Sound District Superintendent Correspondence - Frank E. Brown |
1968 - 1971 |
2324-2-8:
1 |
Seattle District Superintendent Correspondence - Joe A. Harding |
1968 - 1969 |
2324-2-8:
3 |
Special Issues - Correspondence re Legislative or Executive Action |
1971 - 1972 |
2324-2-8:
4 |
Special Issues - Correspondence re Legislative or Executive Action |
1968 - 1970 |
2324-2-8:
5 |
Spokane District Superintendent Correspondence - M. M. Finkbeiner |
1968 - 1969 |
2324-2-8:
6 |
Study of the Ministry - Folder 1 |
1960 - 1966 |
2324-2-8:
7 |
Study of the Ministry - Folder 2 |
1960 - 1963 |
2324-2-8:
10 |
Vancouver District Superintendent Correspondence - Bruce G. Parker |
1969 - 1970 |
2324-2-8:
11 |
Vancouver District Superintendent Correspondence - Bruce G. Parker |
1968 - 1969 |
Series: Wilbur Choy
Call Number |
Folder Title |
Date(s) |
2323-3-1:
5 |
Audio Cassettes - Addresses and Sermons |
1976 - 1979 |
2323-3-1:
6 |
Bishop Wilbur W. Y Choy (and Grace Ying Choy) - Biographical |
1980 |
2323-3-1:
7 |
Re: Bishop Wilbur W. Y. Choy - Personal/Miscellaneous |
1977 - 1980 |
2323-3-1:
8 |
Church and Society, Board of |
1973 - 1976 |
2323-3-1:
10 |
Church and Society - General Welfare - Kemmerly, J. Robert - Correspondence Concerning Health Care Legislation |
1973 - 1975 |
2323-3-1:
11 |
Church and Society, Board of - Letter and Statement Concerning Presidential actions - October 21 |
1973 |
2323-3-2:
1 |
Church and Society General Welfare - Health Care |
1972 - 1977 |
2323-3-2:
2 |
Church and Society General Welfare - Health Care |
1972 - 1977 |
2323-3-2:
3 |
Pacific Northwest Conference - Convocation on Evangelism in the Smaller Church - November 5-8 |
1980 |
2323-3-2:
4 |
Correspondence - Bishop Wilbur Choy |
1976 - 1980 |
2323-3-2:
5 |
Correspondence of Controversial Issues Pacific Northwest Conference |
1970 - 1974 |
2323-3-2:
6 |
Evangelism: Bishops Convocation on Evangelism and Ethnic Minority Local Church |
1978 |
2323-3-2:
7 |
Evangelism: Bishops Convocation on Evangelism and Ethnic Minority Local Church |
1978 |
2323-3-2:
8 |
Evangelism: Bishops Convocation on Evangelism and Ethnic Minority Local Church |
1978 |
2323-3-2:
9 |
Evangelism: Bishops Convocation on Evangelism and Ethnic Minority Local Church |
1978 |
2323-3-2:
10 |
Evangelism: Pacific Northwest - Contagious Congregation, Convocation on November 7-10 |
1979 |
2323-3-2:
11 |
Evangelism Event - World Methodist Council - Alan Walker - January 25 |
1979 |
2323-3-2:
12 |
Gambling - Follow-up and Enforcement of Law |
1966 |
2323-3-2:
13 |
Gambling/State Lottery |
1972 - 1973 |
2323-3-2:
14 |
Gambling Initiative #321 |
1976 |
2323-3-2:
15 |
Gambling Issue - State |
1977 |
2323-3-2:
16 |
Gambling |
1980 |
2323-3-3:
1 |
Investment Policy - Church |
1972 |
2323-3-3:
2 |
Pacific Japanese Provisional Conference |
1961 - 1974 |
2323-3-3:
3 |
Special Issues - Correspondence Concerning Legislative or Executive Action 1975 |
1972 - 1975 |
2323-3-3:
5 |
United Nations Day |
1978 - 1979 |
2323-3-3:
6 |
Walla Walla District Superintendent Correspondence - W. F. Summerour |
1969 - 1970 |
2323-3-3:
7 |
Western Jurisdiction - College of Bishops - Correspondnce |
1968 - 1978 |
2323-3-3:
8 |
Western Jurisdiction - College of Bishops - Correspondnce |
1968 - 1978 |
2323-3-3:
9 |
Western Jurisdiction - College of Bishops - Correspondnce |
1968 - 1978 |
Series: Melvin Talbert
Call Number |
Folder Title |
Date(s) |
2323-3-5:
2 |
Special Issues - Military Draft |
1970 |
Series: Calvin McConnell
Call Number |
Folder Title |
Date(s) |
Series: Elias Galvan
Call Number |
Folder Title |
Date(s) |